Benjamin’s Birthday Bash in Blue and Green

I love to plan get togethers and parties, I love the anticipation and planning that goes into even the smallest get together. I start thinking about details in advance and am always gathering ideas about how to make a party go smoother (do you have any?) or fun creative ideas. My goal is always to have no stress so that I can actually enjoy the party, I think that I am getting much better with that over time!

This weekend I tested out my party planning skills when I hosted Benjamin’s 2nd birthday party. I wanted it to be small and low key without a lot of fuss, and I think I almost fully succeeded with that. I wanted to be able to feel calm and enjoy the small moments with family and friends and the boy of honour.

For Ben’s party I decided to go with a colour theme to help tie things together and give me a little focus with my plans. I picked out Ben’s top two favourite colours, blue and green, and used them as the guide in my party plans. The guests were invited to wear their favourite shade of blue and green and it was fun to see people show up in the theme colours. I iced chocolate cupcakes with homemade blue and green butter icing and found a shop that carried M+M’s in blue and green.

We invited Ben’s little cousins and neighbourhood friends to meet up in our apartments party room, and had a Saturday brunch that included Mimosas for parents served in little plastic glasses. We played a mean game of ‘Pin the tail on the puppy’ and all the fun that a parachute can offer (which is a lot if you are 2).

Lesson learned: blue lollies give blue tongues, lips and faces, which is pretty cute if that also happens to be your theme! Ben had his first lollipop at his birthday party and got the hang of it within about .10 second.

I’m crazy enough to admit, I’ve already started to daydream about hosting my next event. Do you have any Martha Stewart like tips on how to host a great party? Please tell!

Well Hello There!

Mama in the City since 2008 and blogging since 2009!

Hi! I'm Andrea, a 30 something girl who loves living the downtown lifestyle and didn't want to give it up once I started a family. I live in beautiful Vancouver city right along the seawall and three years ago I had my first baby.

My first apartment baby is now a full on boy and we struggle with finding space in our condo for his growing toy collection. I also have a funny toddler who keeps things hilarious.

My husband is an excellent cook and takes amazing photos. I work as a labor and delivery nurse and really love the work that I do and gave birth to both my babies at my work place.

I use this space to write about my family and to share my passion about breastfeeding, birth and parenting. I have a fantastic purse collection and have loved watching it grow, mostly lovely gifts over the years from my husband. I currently have a closet full of purses that are too small or impractical to fit a diaper or sippy cup in, and so they are on hold for future years.

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